Love Of Siam

The Love of Siam dominated Thailand's 2007 film awards season, winning the Best Picture category in all major national film award events, including the Thailand National Film Association Awards, Starpics Magazine's Starpics Awards, the Bangkok Critics Assembly Awards, Star Entertainment Awards, and Kom Chad Luek Newspaper's Kom Chad Luek Awards. Awards won by the film include the following:

The Love of Siam

Thai theatrical release poster
Directed by	Chookiat Sakveerakul
Produced by	Prachya Pinkaew Sukanya Vongsthapat
Written by	Chookiat Sakveerakul
Starring	Witwisit Hiranyawongkul Mario Maurer
Music by	Kitti Kuremanee
Cinematography	Chitti Urnorakankij
Editing by	Lee Chatametikool Chukiat Sakweerakul
Studio	Baa-Ram-Ewe
Distributed by	Sahamongkol Film International
Release date(s)	November 22, 2007(Thailand) September 19, 2008(China) May 20, 2009 (Japan) July 16, 2009 (Singapore)
Running time	150 minutes 178 minutes (Director's cut)
Country	Thailand
Language	Thai
Budget	17 million baht
Gross revenue	42 million baht

Synopsis: 

Love of Siam is the story of many kinds of love, as viewed through the eyes of Tong (Mario Maurer), a sixth-form student whose sister disappeared when he was still a child, and who carries around that emotional scar. When we first meet him, Tong has a girlfriend, Donut (Aticha Pongsilpipat).

However, Tong slowly distances himself from her, after he is reunited with a childhood friend, Mew (Wichawisit Hiranwongkul). Mew has a talent for singing and piano, and is trying to compose a love song for a music label. However, having lost his parents he has little experience of love himself, so Tong tries to help him.

Mew has his own admirer, a girl living next door; Ying (Kanya Rattanapetch). She and Tong’s girlfriend have one thing in common: they can’t seem to get the attention of the man they want.

Through Mew, Tong meets a girl who runs his band. June (Chermarn Boonyasak) looks remarkably like his sister, who went missing on a trip to the North years before. Since she left, Tong’s father (Songsit Rungnopakunsri) has been a miserable drunk. With his mother (Sinjai Plengpanich), Tong hatches a plan to hire the girl to look after Dad, in the hope that having her around will make his father better.

Detail Movie :

Country: Thailand

Production Company: Sahamongkol Film International Co. Ltd.

Genre: Drama/ Romance

Director: Chukiat Sakweerakul

Starring: Mario Maurer, Wichawisit Hiranwongkul, Aticha Pongsilpipat, Kanya Rattanapetch, Chermarn Boonyasak, Sinjai Plengpanich, Songsit Rungnopakunsri

Length: 150 mins

Date of release: 22nd November, 2007

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Witwisit Hiranyawongkul - พิช-วิชญ์วิสิฐ หิรัญวงศ์กุล’

Witwisit Hiranyawongkul

Witwisit Hiranyawongkul at Star Entertainment Awards 2007
Born	Witwisit Hiranyawongkul July 20, 1989 (age 21) Chiang Mai, Thailand
Other names	Pitch, Pchy
Occupation	Actor, Singer
Years active	2006 - Current
Awards	Chalermthai Awards Lead Actor in a Thai Film 2007 The Love Of Siam

Witwisit Hiranyawongkul (Thai: พิช-วิชญ์วิสิฐ หิรัญวงศ์กุล’, born July 20, 1989) in Chiang Mai, Thailand, is a Thai actor and singer.

Witwisit Hiranyawongkul, popularly nicknamed Pitch or Pchy, was born and raised in Chiang Mai, Thailand.

He attended Catholic school Montfort College since early age and spent 12 years there. A talented singer, Pitch was the lead singer in his high school band and music has always been a big part of his life. Pitch enjoys hip hop, R&B, gospel and soul music. He plays the piano and composes music in his free time.

Besides music, Witwisit is also a fan of the Japanese manga series Nodame Cantabile and Lomography. He brought his camera to the set of The Love of Siam.

His favourite quote is "No one is PERFECT".

 Pitch attended Montfort College, a prestigious school in Chiang Mai. He entered the Thai entertainment business at the age of 17 while he was still in grade 12. He was discovered in his hometown by Chukiat Sakweerakul, writer and director of The Love of Siam. Chukiat is an alumnus of Montfort College and met Pitch because of their common music interests.

At grade 12, Pitch decided that he would major in Communications at university. In one interview, he expressed "I like to write and tell stories, my friends always tell me they enjoy reading what I write."[cite this quote] He was admitted to the Faculty of Communications, Chiang Mai University.

He declined the offer because he had already started filming The Love of Siam at that time and knew that if he wanted to continue being in the entertainment business, he would have to move to Bangkok. Later, he was admitted to the Faculty of Journalism and Mass Communications, Thammasat University, Bangkok. He started his first year of university around mid 2007 and intends to concentrate on film/screen writing. As of 2008, he is a sophomore in the same faculty with a major in film and photography.

 Pitch has been involved in music since his early years. His first public work was singing the original soundtrack song for the movie "Khao Niew Moo Ping." In The Love of Siam soundtrack, he also contributed several songs. He even composed the music and wrote the lyrics of the song "Roo suek barng mhai" (Do you feel...?). Pitch explained that he found inspiration to write the song after his friend consulted him about a love problem.

The on-screen August has also become a real band with Pitch as the lead singer. Pitch and August started their group career by singing and playing in The Love of Siam's promotional events. Soon organisers wanted the band to play at music festivals and many other events. The audiences were impressed by the young band member's ability to play instruments and their teenage energy. Pitch is proven to be excellent singing live and a good stage entertainer. The 13-member band (including Pitch) released their first album August*Thanx as a band in February 2008. Their first full album Radiodrome was released in December 2008.

 The Love of Siam was filmed from December 2006 to early 2007. Pitch had to travel back and forth between Chiang Mai and Bangkok for the filming. Between the time the movie was completed and released, Pitch completed his high school and moved to Bangkok to attend Thammasat University and live as an ordinary student. After The Love of Siam was released in late November 2007, Pitch became famous almost instantly, especially among young Thais. Soon his fans started to search for information, followed him to all the events he attended, taking thousands of photos and posted on the internet. Some went as far as following him to his dormitory. Pitch was initially very uncomfortable with the attention. He told a reporter, "I would like to go back and live a normal life." Also, he mentioned that he would prefer working behind the scenes in the future.

Fortunately, Pitch seemed to have adjusted to his new life. In one of his interviews, he commented "I appreciate my fans, it's nice to know they are following my work. They had understood me and kept the right distance."Several fanclub websites have been set up and Pitch occasionally writes or replies to his fans on the webboard.

 

In 2008, Pitch appeared in Thai R&B singer Nasnan's music video "Hak Tur Mod Rak" (If You Have Lost Your Love), as the singer's love interest. In the video, Pitch plays Nasnan's boyfriend whose love starts to wane and who becomes involved with another girl. In one of the scenes, he is slapped in the face by Nasnan. Sumber : Wikipedia

Witwisit Hiranyawongkul

Mario Maurer - มาริโอ้ เมาเร่อ

Mario Maurer (Thai: มาริโอ้ เมาเร่อ, born December 4, 1988 in Thailand) is a Thai model and actor. He is best known for his lead roles in the 2007 film, The Love of Siam and the 2011 sleeper hit, First Love (A Little Thing Called Love).

Mario Maurer was born in Bangkok, Thailand. He is of Thai, Chinese, and German descent He attended school at St. Dominic School in Bangkok and now is studying in Ramkhamhaeng University, majoring in Communication Arts. 

Maurer is a Roman Catholic. Is in Relationship with Yhuri Yamaguchi a singer in Thailand. At the age of 16, Maurer became a model doing photo shoots, commercials and music videos. In 2007, he made his feature film debut in a leading role in The Love of Siam, written and directed by Chukiat Sakweerakul. The role "Tong" brought him many accolades and instant fame far beyond Thailand's borders. 

Commenting on his new-found fame, "I didn't want to do it, Acting wasn't on my list to do." He decided to do the movie because he trusted the director "Chukiat" and the movie would give him many opportunities. He'd be making money to help his family. He became famous in this film because of his gay role. He his famous in country Philippines (because of Crazy Little Thing Called Love).

The film's promotion did not play up its homosexual romance. Nonetheless, most critics have given extremely positive reviews. When asked about his kissing scenes with Witwisit Hirunwongkul in The Love of Siam, Maurer said, "I was nervous. I've never kissed a man and kissing is not something you do every day." 

Maurer has been nominated for an Asian Film Awards in the category of Best Supporting Actor for his performance in The Love of Siam, but lost to Sun Hong-Lei for Mongol. He won the Best Actor award in Southeast Asian film category at the 10th Cinemanila International Film Festival.

His performance was described as "Mature acting choices within a wide range of situations. Beneath a calm and placid external demeanor his performance he displayed a rich inner struggle dealing with emotional burdens, with family, friends, his social circle and his romantic and sexual awakening."

He won the Best Actor award in Starpics Thai Films Awards and also nominated in Bangkok Critics Assembly and Star Entertainment Awards.

Director Bhandit Rittakol had approached Maurer for Boonchu 9, but he was tied up with other projects. He has been cast in the 2008 film by Chatchai Naksuriya, Friendship. The film is set around 1983. Maurer starring opposite Apinya Sakuljaroensuk, as 12th grade student. 

That same year he appeared in a segment of the four-story anthology 4 Romance (segment "Joob" or Kiss) directed by Rashane Limtrakul  Maurer's projects after 2008 include a comedy-horror film written and directed by Yuthlert Sippapak, Rahtree Reborn, scheduled for release in April 2009, in which he starred opposite Chermarn Boonyasak. Sumber : wikipedia